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A lot has been said in recent days about the recent budgetary proposals put forward under the leadership of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.
Last week, the Senate unveiled SB 15/SJR 3 and SB 16/SJR 4, which would give voters the option to exempt tax and debt relief from the spending cap.
Earlier this week, they unveiled SB 9/SJR ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 19, 2013
Contact: Jenna White, Executive Director
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Austin, TX — Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) announced today its endorsement of State Senator Dan Patrick in his bid for Texas Lt. Governor.
“For years, Dan Patrick was the lone exception to the rule that the Texas Senate could only have moderate Republicans,” said Jeff Morris, State ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2013
Contact: Jenna White, Executive Director
Mobile: (281) 460-8545
Email:[email protected]
Austin, Texas – Today, Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) released in-depth results of their 2014 Statewide Grassroots Straw Poll.
A total of 5,568 online ballots were cast, making the YCT straw poll the largest held so far in the 2014 Texas election cycle. When narrowed down ...

On August 10th, House Speaker John Boehner announced his picks for the 12-member super committee charged with confronting our nation’s debt problem. Among his three picks were YCT alumnus and US Congressman Jeb Hensarling!
We would like to extend special congratulations to Congressman Hensarling and sincerely hope he will continue to do an outstanding job and ...

YCT is pleased to release our legislative agenda for the 82nd Texas Legislature. Each session YCT releases an agenda outlining our positions on the issues we believe the legislature will confront that session. The agenda is organized by topic, starting with Higher Educaiton and continuing on to cover K-12 Education, fiscal issues, illegal ...

YCT is looking to create another chapter at the University of North Texas. If you attend UNT and are interested in becoming active in promoting conservatism on your campus, in your community, and in the State of Texas join the Facebook group here .

Campus Reform spotlighted the Young Conservatives of Texas by publishing a promotional piece by YCT's Director of Media Relations, Shawn M. Griffiths.
From CampusReform.org:
Editor's Note: Shawn M. Griffiths, the author of this post, is the Director of Media Relations for the Young Conservatives of Texas.
The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) is an independent, non-partisan, conservative grassroots ...

Congratulations to YCT founder Steve Munisteri for being elected the new Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas! We look forward to seeing Steve move the RPT in the right direction and re-energize the Party for the November elections.